When I was in junior high school, I dreamed of being in a big city somewhere–Manhattan, maybe. Or downtown Portland. I'd marry a high-powered attorney or doctor, I'd be a world-renowned lawyer myself, and our life would blossom amongst the constant bustle of...
“The individual who gets to use his time in ways that bring him great joy and fulfillment, who gets to do work that is genuinely personally interesting, who gets to choose his associates, and who gets to make some kind of a contribution to his fellow man wakes...
“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time.” —Sir John Lubbock
It's so easy to lose The Now. What happened yesterday leaves us feeling behind, so we spend time catching up to a goal we project into tomorrow. Or we congratulate ourselves over yesterday's progress until we forget that today even matters. We fret over tomorrow....
I have a confession: I don't want to run a marathon. Running a marathon is a pretty common item on peoples' Someday Lists (a.k.a. Goal Lists, Bucket Lists, etc.). It was on mine, too. Until today, when I realized: I don't have the slightest desire to actually run a...